Dimming over the oceans: Transient anthropogenic aerosol plumes in the twentieth century

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3465-3484

  Dallafior, T N ^a,b   Folini, D ^a   Knutti, R ^a   Wild, M ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b Centre for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84929702569     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022658     Document Type: Article

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